Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	abraham_n	believe_v	impute_v	7,639	5	9.9008	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10152	The righteous mans way Wherein are given certaine directions, how men may profitably meditate upon the Commandements of God: that so through such manner of meditation, the Lordes Commandements may finde place in mens hearts, to serve in them as guides unto all their actions and thoughts. Directions most needfull for these times, seeing most men laying the commandements of God aside, doe leade their lives in disobedience to Gods commandements; and this, not onely to the scandall of Christian religion, but also to the extreame hazard of their own salvation.	Proctor, Thomas, fl. 1621.	1621 (1621)	STC 20411; ESTC S110512	50,262	77

also_o be_v disobedient_a to_o my_o god_n shall_v i_o also_o be_v wicked_a what_o be_v this_o but_o to_o double_v my_o misery_n therefore_o i_o will_v rather_o set_v myself_o now_o to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o yet_o my_o estate_n to_o godward_o may_v mend_v even_o under_o this_o decline_a of_o my_o estate_n to_o the_o worldward_n and_o indeed_o who_o will_v not_o condemn_v he_o who_o add_v wickedness_n to_o his_o poverty_n or_o he_o who_o when_o the_o law_n have_v punish_v for_o some_o wickedness_n he_o will_v yet_o then_o increase_v his_o wickedness_n be_v not_o man_n heart_n even_o set_v against_o such_o a_o man_n do_v they_o not_o common_o account_v the_o utter_a perish_v of_o a_o man_n of_o such_o a_o disposition_n just_a therefore_o learn_v from_o this_o holy_a prophet_n that_o if_o ever_o affliction_n come_v upon_o you_o you_o make_v this_o use_n of_o they_o that_o now_o yet_o you_o will_v turn_v you_o to_o the_o law_n of_o your_o god_n to_o keep_v it_o for_o the_o three_o mean_n which_o be_v meditation_n we_o have_v also_o great_a need_n thereof_o for_o such_o be_v the_o incessant_a withdrawing_n from_o mind_v the_o thing_n of_o god_n as_o that_o unless_o we_o purposely_o set_v ourselves_o to_o mind_n the_o commandment_n either_o the_o continual_a care_n of_o get_v gain_n or_o the_o continual_a lay_v hold_n of_o all_o mean_n of_o aspire_a or_o the_o continual_a delight_n of_o advantage_n unto_o lustful_a pleasure_n be_v such_o that_o we_o shall_v hardly_o ever_o so_o much_o as_o once_o mind_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n wherefore_o it_o be_v sure_o necessary_a that_o you_o sometime_o say_v thus_o or_o to_o like_a effect_n with_o yourself_o shall_v i_o never_o think_v of_o god_n commandment_n shall_v i_o be_v always_o carry_v away_o of_o my_o care_n of_o my_o employment_n of_o my_o pleasure_n shall_v these_o whole_o ●●uffe_n my_o mind_n shall_v i_o never_o once_o meditate_v on_o any_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n what_o will_v become_v of_o i_o if_o i_o thus_o go_v on_o for_o if_o thus_o you_o say_v some_o time_n with_o yourself_o this_o will_v touch_v your_o heart_n this_o will_v startle_v you_o this_o will_v move_v you_o to_o break_v off_o sometime_o your_o care_n employment_n or_o pleasure_n take_v some_o fit_a time_n wherein_o purposely_o to_o read_v or_o hear_v read_v the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n at_o which_o time_n you_o suffer_v yourself_o to_o discourse_v upon_o each_o one_o unvayl_v its_o rightenesse_n goodness_n and_o utility_n to_o man_n society_n this_o will_v great_o further_a your_o keep_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n the_o discourse_n of_o the_o soul_n upon_o a_o commandment_n fasten_v a_o commandment_n in_o our_o memory_n whereby_o ever_o after_o it_o shall_v not_o come_v after_o but_o go_v before_o every_o action_n speech_n or_o think_v of_o we_o and_o true_o we_o fall_v into_o much_o evil_n even_o for_o want_v of_o have_v a_o ready_a and_o impress_v knowledge_n of_o that_o commandment_n which_o concern_v the_o action_n speech_n or_o think_v we_o be_v at_o present_a about_o therefore_o i_o commend_v in_o a_o man_n a_o divide_v of_o the_o gospel_n into_o part_n take_v the_o commandment_n apart_o and_o then_o take_v he_o to_o study_v either_o in_o bed_n or_o in_o solitariness_n now_o of_o one_o part_n then_o of_o another_o for_o this_o same_o general_a notion_n only_o of_o the_o gospel_n whilst_o we_o know_v all_o but_o study_v not_o advise_o any_o special_a particular_a part_n of_o the_o same_o come_v far_o short_a of_o that_o use_n which_o we_o ought_v to_o make_v of_o the_o gospel_n and_o indeed_o all_o be_v best_a comprehend_v by_o divide_v all_o into_o part_n and_o then_o study_v well_o the_o part_n one_o at_o one_o time_n another_o at_o another_o time_n 10._o chap._n thus_o have_v show_v you_o as_o for_o a_o excellent_a example_n how_o david_n receive_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n &_o next_o have_v show_v you_o some_o special_a motive_n tend_v to_o make_v a_o man_n the_o more_o willing_a &_o delightful_o to_o keep_v the_o commandment_n and_o last_o have_v show_v you_o three_o very_a special_a mean_n by_o which_o may_v be_v further_v your_o keep_v the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n i_o think_v it_o fit_a in_o the_o next_o place_n to_o show_v you_o two_o thing_n whereof_o i_o will_v warn_v you_o the_o first_o be_v that_o you_o in_o a_o eager_a disposition_n to_o keep_v the_o commandment_n begin_v not_o to_o fall_v into_o that_o old_a ●rrour_n of_o trust_v unto_o justification_n by_o work_n rather_o than_o by_o faith_n only_o the_o second_o be_v that_o you_o be_v not_o discourage_v from_o observation_n of_o the_o commandment_n neither_o by_o the_o impossibility_n perfect_o to_o fulfil_v they_o nor_o by_o the_o manifest_a evidence_n that_o other_o man_n mind_n they_o not_o to_o observe_v they_o towards_o you_o in_o that_o wherein_o you_o have_v to_o do_v with_o they_o man_n desire_v much_o to_o be_v justify_v for_o their_o obedience_n and_o therefore_o to_o do_v work_v command_v that_o they_o make_v themselves_o righteous_a by_o their_o obedience_n now_o unto_o obedience_n indeed_o righteousness_n be_v impute_v but_o man_n consider_v not_o that_o the_o obedience_n in_o believe_v be_v that_o whereunto_o true_o righteousness_n be_v impute_v they_o will_v fain_o be_v righteous_a by_o their_o work_n but_o god_n that_o know_v how_o imperfect_o man_n fulfil_v the_o righteousness_n of_o work_n have_v impute_v righteousness_n to_o belief_n not_o to_o work_n as_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n gen._n 15._o 6._o and_o abraham_n believe_v the_o lord_n and_o he_o count_v that_o to_o he_o for_o righteousness_n which_o thing_n be_v make_v use_n of_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n by_o s._n paul_n to_o draw_v we_o to_o seek_v justification_n not_o in_o our_o work_n but_o in_o our_o faith_n in_o christ_n rom._n 9_o 4._o therefore_o let_v no_o man_n be_v discourage_v for_o that_o he_o can_v perfect_o fulfil_v the_o lord_n commandment_n concern_v work_n but_o rather_o let_v he_o be_v sure_a that_o he_o fulfil_v that_o great_a commandment_n concern_v belief_n that_o so_o he_o with_o abram_n believe_v god_n may_v have_v by_o god_n righteousness_n impute_v unto_o he_o for_o that_o few_o man_n in_o our_o time_n consider_v as_o they_o ought_v what_o a_o excellency_n it_o be_v to_o believe_v in_o god_n and_o in_o christ_n manifest_v themselves_o so_o veil_v as_o they_o have_v do_v but_o god_n know_v how_o rich_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v for_o man_n to_o believe_v that_o which_o he_o say_v as_o abram_n not_o only_o hear_v but_o also_o indeed_o believe_v the_o lord_n vouchsafe_v to_o account_v belief_n unto_o man_n for_o righteousness_n very_o man_n heed_v not_o this_o in_o these_o time_n as_o they_o ought_v therefore_o also_o they_o account_v of_o belief_n but_o as_o of_o a_o light_a inclination_n of_o the_o mind_n only_o trust_v rather_o to_o work_n then_o to_o belief_n for_o justification_n but_o they_o ought_v to_o inform_v themselves_o that_o though_o the_o faithful_a must_v endeavour_v to_o fulfil_v also_o the_o righteousness_n of_o work_n yet_o god_n have_v choose_v to_o justify_v believer_n for_o their_o believe_a not_o for_o their_o work_n because_o they_o believe_v in_o he_o who_o only_o fulfil_v the_o righteousness_n of_o work_n command_v to_o believe_v the_o lord_n be_v a_o work_n of_o work_n as_o we_o may_v perceive_v by_o that_o which_o our_o lord_n answer_v the_o jew_n john_n 6._o 29._o saying_n this_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n that_o you_o believe_v in_o he_o who_o he_o have_v send_v and_o true_o all_o the_o scripture_n show_v that_o the_o lord_n have_v ever_o more_o free_o accept_v of_o man_n believe_v in_o he_o then_o of_o any_o the_o best_a work_n that_o they_o have_v do_v therefore_o though_o abraham_n perform_v that_o great_a work_n of_o offer_v up_o to_o god_n his_o sonn_n isaak_n yet_o there_o we_o read_v not_o that_o god_n count_v that_o to_o he_o for_o righteousness_n but_o when_o he_o believe_v god_n god_n count_v that_o indeed_o unto_o he_o for_o righteousness_n bless_a therefore_o ●e_v the_o memory_n of_o those_o first_o angel_n of_o the_o reformation_n who_o perceive_v how_o popery_n lead_v people_n to_o trust_v to_o work_n for_o their_o justification_n before_o god_n draw_v they_o back_o again_o to_o consider_v belief_n more_o advise_o which_o thing_n though_o at_o that_o time_n they_o have_v more_o reason_n to_o do_v than_o we_o now_o of_o the_o reform_a church_n have_v because_o at_o that_o time_n work_n be_v teach_v people_n as_o for_o work_n meritorious_a which_o indeed_o merit_v rather_o punishment_n yea_o damnation_n such_o as_o be_v the_o do_v worship_n not_o before_o only_o but_o even_o to_o the_o very_a image_n direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o commandment_n